Religion and Politics from a Young Christian in Northern Virginia

Next Time Bob McDonnell Runs for Office He’ll Get His Thirty Silver Dollars

February 24th, 2013

Yes I am pissed. I am furious because a man I worked tirelessly for in 2005 and 2009 lied to me and betrayed me. When he was pressed on whether or not he supported tax increases during his gubernatorial bid, he promised not to raise them.

Bob McDonnell will not raise taxes as governor. Virginians know Bob McDonnell, and they know where he stands. They know he keeps his word, and that is reflected in the fact that he kept all seven of the campaign promises that he made when running for Attorney General.

I went to the Capitol Square with my family. We listened, we lobbied, and together Virginians stopped Tim Kaine’s Tax increase for transportation.

Republican Leadership in both houses of the General Assembly, at the request of Bob McDonnell worked hard to pass something even worse.

In the name of “getting something done on transportation” for the sake of “Bob McDonnell’s legacy” we passed legislation that raises taxes on almost everything taxable.

Sales Tax

Gas Tax

Personal Property Tax

Tax on Vending Machine Sales

Heavy Equipment Used for Road Construction

Car Tax

Hotel Tax

Land and Building Sales

Extra Regional Sales Tax

Annual Fees for Energy Efficient Vehicles

…and it Banks on Congress Passing an Internet Sales Tax Bill

Honestly, it may also be a situation of “We won’t know what’s in the bill till we pass it,” due to the rushed nature of the legislation.

McDonnell’s “legacy” legislation was so bad, he had to get the help of Terry McAuliffe, who he called afterwards to thank, and he had to rely on Democrat votes in both houses to pass it. Only 34 Republicans voted for it in the House and 8 in the Senate. In order to get the necessary number of Democrats to vote for it, he had to promise to support Medicaid expansion. Something he had emphatically opposed only days before. For Bob McDonnell “solving” transportation was more important than sticking to his word or his principles. In the end it was Democrats who were able to declare victory as a result of standing for their beliefs and forcing an ambitious governor to concede to them on everything.

Bob McDonnell, you may be celebrating, but your party is not. We campaigned for you and expected you to keep your word. When we saw you capitulating, we asked you to stand strong. You refused. You trashed whatever principles you may have had, and spit in the face of the activists who believed in you. Do not ask for our support in the future.

Bob McDonnell, we will not forget what you have done. We also will not forget the legislators who were complicit in your betrayal. We will not easily forget the work of Speaker Bill Howell and Majority Leader Kirk Cox. We will not easily forget Chris Jones who was referred to as the chief architect of the compromise. Loudoun residents will also not forget the betrayal by Tag Greason who blatantly ignored his pledge not to raise taxes in the name of getting something done.

Some people have been waiting to primary some of these Delegates, and others are beginning to plan bids as a result of the last few days. Still others are talking of more extreme measures than simply primarying*.

With the actions of the last two days our state party has abandoned it’s members, and unless things change soon many of them may return the favor. If that happens, McDonell’s legacy in HB 2313 will be one of betrayal and a resulting destruction of his party.

*No these are not violent measures, simply working through the political process but outside of the party nominating process.

Update: My apologies to those who were understandably offended and turned off by the previous title of this post. I thought that by reminding people of the time when Bob McDonnell had used incredibly strong language to insist he would not raise taxes for transportation, it could remind people of the extent to which Bob McDonnell had lied as well as clearly get people’s attention. This was why I put the particular word in quotation mark in the title. Choosing to do so turned people away from an important message and was wrong. Thank you to those who took the time to point this out to a very frustrated person.

Sometimes more extreme measures are demanded by the duly authorized laws of our Commonwealth.

Doing the ‘right thing’ in the ‘wrong way’ is always still a sin(missing the mark).

Sometimes, this HB2313 time, McDonnell’s miss knowingly and willingly violated Virginia’s highest law and penal codes in a way that is defined as FELONY.

There is no statute of limitations upon the Commonwealth’s duty to raise indictment.

Just because others have perpetrated the same felony and passed through this life without judgment upon their felony does not make felony a right.

Please note that under the VA Constitution that Legislators are immune from prosecution for what they SAY during a legislative session but not what they do or votes they cast.
Our legislators and Governor inhabit their offices under oath-bound trust.
Should they adulterate VA law with Unconstitutional legislation they perpetrate VA18.2-111 felony embezzlement of the law and VA18.2-481(5) statutory treason of “resisting the execution of the laws under the color of its authority”.

Our God given purposes could be, would be, advanced if we demanded that ALL such officers submit to our Governor their penitent plea for pardon under the virtue of parole oath that explicitly recognized their penal code bound duty under VA18.2-111, VA18.2-481(5) & particularly VA18.2-482 “Misprision of Treason”. No long could our government’s officer’s, which includes EVERY member of the Bar and thus every VA federal judge be compelled by peer pressure and past complicity in felony to circle their wagons around privilege – they must instead circle their wagons around our Constitutions when that highest of our human laws is attacked.

Our Lt. Gov. is competent to momentarily relieve our Governor of his disability and pardon him upon the virtue of his parole oath. That would begin a gentle, unstoppable, cascade of “Constitutional Reset” over VA, its localities, its corporation governments, The federal government and would likely catch hold in every state.

Governor McDonnell’s ‘missing of the mark’ can be used by God and God’s people to save our Republic from its progressive destruction due its customary sin.